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lob-crawling

lob-crawling noun: theft from a shop's cash till by crawling stealthily towards it while the shop owner is not looking.

Noun

lob-crawling (uncountable)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) Theft from a shop's cash till by crawling stealthily towards it while the shop owner is not looking.
    • Ginger Stagg was pinched for lob-crawling.1896, Arthur Morrison, A Child of the Jago

Questions about lob-crawling

What does lob-crawling mean?
Lob-crawling means theft from a shop's cash till by crawling stealthily towards it while the shop owner is not looking.
What part of speech is lob-crawling?
Lob-crawling is a noun.

Words near lob-crawling in the dictionary

  1. lob wedge
  2. lob wedges
  3. lob worm
  4. lob worms
  5. Lob's pound
  6. lob-crawling
  7. Lob-lie-by-the-fire
  8. lob-on
  9. lob-ons
  10. lob-sneaking
  11. lob-worm

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